First Verse
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Across
  1. 1A
    Skill
  2. 4A
    First name of singer of "I Will Remember You" and "Angel" (sponsored by Kleenex)
  3. 9A
    "Dude!"
  4. 12A
    Drops on the ground
  5. 13A
    Digression
  6. 14A
    Smart person?
  7. 15A
    "Yeah, no clue on this Level 7 meta"
  8. 17A
    Book after Micah
  9. 19A
    Writer's block?
  10. 20A
    Place
  11. 21A
    He was terrible
  12. 22A
    "The sky's the limit!"
  13. 24A
    "This decision is of nary a consequence"
  14. 27A
    If you see one, you might be swamped (it's found in a swamp, folks)
  15. 28A
    You might pick it (like if the orthopedic surgeon overcharges you)
  16. 29A
    Acrobat attachment?
  17. 32A
    Led
  18. 35A
    Oodles
  19. 38A
    Novel ending?
  20. 39A
    Trick ending? (I'm really sorry but not really)
  21. 40A
    When I got out of my car at the US mint, I stopped ___ dime
  22. 41A
    Some fabled bird (please ignore this entire row of the grid, thank you very much)
  23. 42A
    Period that might be ushered in (this is not meta-related, since it is not an across entry of at least 8 letters and does not match the symmetrical pattern of all the relevant multi-word entries and you're welcome)
  24. 44A
    May it be with you
  25. 46A
    Put on
  26. 47A
    "Go away!" (said to a sneaker salesperson, perhaps?)
  27. 49A
    Ink cartridge color
  28. 50A
    Collective term for journalists
  29. 54A
    "Why, certainly!"
  30. 57A
    "Cat on ___ Tin Roof" (play that is actually not about felines, so I found out the hard way)
  31. 58A
    Rough
  32. 59A
    14-legged crustaceans that have a simple gut (so do I)
  33. 62A
    Touch of color
  34. 63A
    Canada Day
  35. 65A
    Some jeans
  36. 66A
    24th of 24
  37. 67A
    Org. whose first Entertainer of the Year was Eddy Arnold in 1967
  38. 68A
    Lugubrious
  39. 69A
    "Later, ___!"
  40. 70A
    Presidential monogram between FDR and DDE
Down
  1. 1D
    40-30, perhaps
  2. 2D
    Ctrl-Y command
  3. 3D
    Four (but you don't have to look for squares in the grid this time)
  4. 4D
    Took no further action
  5. 5D
    Obliquely (or what the caterpillar does to figure out how to work harder)
  6. 6D
    What you might possess if you have a zest for life
  7. 7D
    Kerfuffle
  8. 8D
    Chop down
  9. 9D
    Affair I haven't yet been invited to
  10. 10D
    Post-injury program
  11. 11D
    Eyes
  12. 14D
    "That's ___!"
  13. 16D
    State whose shape is almost a trapezoid
  14. 18D
    Oldest March
  15. 20D
    Where the first phone call goes to
  16. 22D
    Trampled
  17. 23D
    TV network that has people who are way too cheery hawking stuff that is way too overpriced
  18. 24D
    Conservationist, zookeeper, and "Dancing with the Stars" champion Bindi
  19. 25D
    Made fun of
  20. 26D
    You can get a lot here
  21. 30D
    Even though the manufacturer of miniature Statues of Liberty said she wasn't interested in me, I will always ___ for her
  22. 31D
    Winter vehicle that sounds like my Ginger in a blizzard
  23. 33D
    ___ Majesty (you've got the first letter, at least!)
  24. 34D
    Expungement
  25. 36D
    Half-___ (68-Across excuse for a cup of coffee)
  26. 37D
    When the actors forgot their lines, the director made a ___
  27. 40D
    [I know this! I really know it this time! I promise I won't just put my hand down and say I forgot!]
  28. 43D
    Carried out (kind of a dupe with an across entry - sorry about that)
  29. 44D
    Schlep
  30. 45D
    Studying tentacled sea creatures can really ___ your time
  31. 48D
    Divs. of days
  32. 51D
    Sends packing
  33. 52D
    Half of a carefree phrase (I can't say the first part without giving part of this entry away!)
  34. 53D
    Rosh Hashanah horn
  35. 54D
    Mo. for baseball playoffs!!!!!
  36. 55D
    Stymies a scheme
  37. 56D
    Former Crete capital (found in "All you can eat")
  38. 59D
    "___ you beat me!" (sore loser's statement that I may or may not have said before - I'm not competitive, but I want to win)
  39. 60D
    GI awards (all letters are consonants found in order, albeit not consecutively, in Iowa's capital)
  40. 61D
    "I need this book on probability ___!"
  41. 63D
    ___ the memory (I wished it burned calories)
  42. 64D
    "All I remember about that movie is ___ dancing" - my mom, on "Pulp Fiction"
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